Brief aan Ina van Eibergen Santhagens-Waller c. 1878 - 1938

This letter by Richard Nicolaüs Roland Holst looks like it was made with ink on paper. I imagine him, maybe at his desk, carefully choosing each word, each stroke of the pen. It reminds me of my own process—the way I revise a painting again and again, layering colors and shapes until something new emerges. In Holst’s writing I see a kindred spirit, someone who understood that art is not about perfection or precision but about feeling and intention. He reminds me that art is a conversation, a dialogue between artists across time and space. It’s all about the back and forth.